Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on edge over war in Gaza
Reuters Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday with heightened security measures in place and tensions running high over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, potentially casting a shadow over a normally joyous holiday. War in the Middle East has prompted officials to take extra precautions at airports and shopping malls across the United States […]
Health Insight: This Thanksgiving − and on any holiday − these steps will help prevent foodborne illness
Food safety specialist KIMBERLY BAKER, in an artcile first published on The Conversation, provides some tips on how to avoid tummy troubles…
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with parades, feasts and football
Reuters The United States marked the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday with traditional feasts, parades and American football, taking a moment to celebrate in a week shadowed by gun violence. The official holiday dates to the Civil War, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a day to give thanks and seek […]
Table Talk: Thanksgiving turkey with a twist – try these deliciously different approaches
KAREN KELLY looks at some different ways to prepare the Thanksgiving turkey…
Essay: Pilgrims, not patriots
In an essay adapted from his book, ‘The First Thanksgiving’, history professor TRACY MCKENZIE writes that the Pilgrims thought of themselves as temporary travellers in a world that was not their home – much less a nation…
Essay: How medieval Catholic traditions of thanksgiving prayers and feasting shaped the Protestant celebration of Plymouth’s pilgrims
In an article first published on The Conversation, JOANNE M PIERCE, of the College of the Holy Cross, looks at the links between medieval Catholic traditions and today’s Thanksgiving celebration in the US…
Snowstorm batters western New York, restricting travel ahead of Thanksgiving
Reuters Snowfall of more than two metres in western New York state prompted local officials on Saturday to further restrict road travel and forced airlines to cancel flights in the Buffalo area, just ahead of the busy Thanksgiving holiday week. New York Governor Kathy Hochul called in the National Guard, deploying about 150 members to […]
Essay: What we profess on Sunday ought to apply to Black Friday
In an article published on Religion News Service, ROSA LEE HARDEN, executive producer of Faith+Finance, calls for us to reflect “on not just why we give gifts but how we purchase them”…
StrangeSights: Back-flipping gymnasts and pulling a car on your hands – Guinness has its day; Peppa Pig comes to the aid of Boris Johnson; and, pardons for Peanut Butter and Jelly…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
US food banks short of holiday volunteers due to coronavirus
New York, USThomson Reuters Foundation Coronavirus fears are stripping US soup kitchens, food banks and charities – normally teeming with volunteers during the holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving Day on Thursday – of helping hands to feed the hungry. A food bank in the Rocky Mountain city of Idaho Falls that fed up to 200 […]